My Scale ISN’T Broken!

I’m getting close to the goal weight my doctor suggested but my bathroom scale hasn’t budged in the last few weeks. I think those in the know call it a “plateau”.

How frustrating!

I did everything I could think of to do – ate a little less, ate a little more, exercised less/more, drank more water, ate less salt, slept less/more, and nothing helped, but this morning it finally moved, yes, in the right direction. Perhaps it’s because I’m so close to where I need or should be that my body wants to keep what’s left?

I think my problem is (was?) stress.

Does stress cause weight gain, through mental drama or trauma? Does it cause you to retain in the event your body thinks it may need reserves? There is no rhyme or reason to not have been losing weight – I KNOW I have not deviated from my program, but being diagnosed with a life-threatening/altering medical issue certainly did a number on my psyche!

This bears further pondering (typed while snacking on a celery stick).